Problems of Forensic Sciences 2002 Vol. 49 (XLIX) 38-50
DETERMINATION OF MORPHINE, CODEINE AND 6-MONOACETYL-MORPHINE IN HAIR OF ADDICTED PERSONS
Renata WIETECHA1, Roman STANASZEK2
1Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow
2Institute of Forensic Research, Cracow
Streszczenie
In the last decades advances in analytical methods have enabled determination of drugs of abuse in alternative biological samples such as hair, sweat, saliva etc. One important feature of hair analysis is that it provides long-term information on an individual’s drug use, in contrast to the short-term information provided by urinalysis. The analytical procedure of determination of opiates in hair which was previously developed in the Institute of Forensic Research was applied to the group of drugs of abuse mentioned in the title, in hair from patients who abused “Polish heroin” and were undergoing detoxification and methadone treatment. This was a preliminary study in this field.
Słowa kluczowe
Hair; Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS); Opiates; Methadone Treatment Programme.